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15 years ago

Using a temperature sensor

Hi, my team is working on a temperature controller for an HVAC system. We want to use the DE2 board to program the prototype for this controller. What type of temperature sensor is best (easier) for ...
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15 years ago

Sensirion sensors like SHT11 or SHT15 could be a good solution too if you have a NIOS in your system. They have a proprietary interface (I2C like but without royalties ;-)), and the C code driver is provided to bit bang the clock and data, and calculate the temperature, hygrometry or due point values.